July 17, 2017

All The President's Personal Lawyers - Will Ty Cobb Lead Them Effectively or Wind Up Cartoon Character in Media?

It's been said that the hardest job for judges is riding herd on a bunch of lawyers.

Also a former lawyer in recovery told me that what triggered the depths of substance abuse was not the work per se. It was having to deal with "all those other lawyers." He now owns and operates food franchises, grateful he could afford a ticket out of law.

The Trump Circle now has a lawyer who has been designated to manage the lawyers representing Donald Trump personally. That is Hogan Lovells partner Ty Cobb.

The strange thing about that is that Hogan Lovells is currently handling lawsuits filed against the Trump Administration. One of those lawsuits had been filed by Hawaii. It challenges the executive order of March 6th banning travel from six Muslim nations.

So much for strangeness. At the end of this month, Cobb will be resigning from that firm.

The real question on everyone's mind is: Can Cobb bring order to what some of the best legal minds and the most aggressive personalities propose as strategy and tactics? Here is the coverage from lawyer-journalist Kathryn Rubino at Abovethelaw.

Should Cobb's attempt at management put noses out of joint, we can expect leaks. This could be the beginning of a whole new story line in the media. Depending on how the members of the media present the content of the leaks, Cobb could develop a brand for effective leadership or wind up being written off as just another cartoon character in the Trump Administration.